THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, FEB. 13, 1891.
AN UNSAFE SAFE.
BRIEF LOCALS.
STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
OREGON AND DAKOTA.
cracksmen" ope5t thb strong box at
Fischer's mill.
Fisclier'n flouting mill, just south of
Mary's river, whs live scene of a pro
fessional1 safe-cracfcirrg last S'umfsty
night. The mill usually runs from
Morulay morning at 5 to Sunday morn
ing at 5, and the robbers, whoever
they may. lie, were evidently pretty
well acquainted with the surroundings
and number of working Routs. The
afe, a solid-looking one of about 1200
pound, has the word's "Mosler Bh
imra & Co." conspicuously displayed
in fancy letters on it massive-looking
doors, and seems all right yet, with the
exception of a neat round! hole about
half an inch in diameter drilled ahout
midway between the combination knob
and th it which throws tho bolts back
on opening the "strong box." After
drilling this hole through th f -inch
plate on the door, some crooked in
strument was inserted, which caught
the slots in the combination and thus
threw back the bolts and opened the
snfe about as easy as you would an
old leather trunk. The cracksmen
pried the door off a rather flimsy-looking
vault and abstracted all there was
in it about $500 worth of county
scrip, with neveral mortgages and
deeds. The drawer on-, the right was
also pried open, but the one on the
left, which held $500 in gold and sil
ver, was lett unmolested and found
an touched by the surprised owner next
morning.
Several days ago, two dapper-looking
young fellows, well dfes&ed, visited
the mill, and after standing around a
while, asked for work sewing sacks.
No sack-sewers were needed at the
time, and they went away, "but not
until they had become posted as to the
"lay" of things around the mill gener
ally. The office doors were never
locked, and so the thieves had no
trouble about getting into the room in
which the safe had stood1. The burg
lars will hardly profit by the haul they
made, as the county warrants can be
identified and offering them for sale
will only lead to the detection of the
thieves, one of whom is supposed to
have been "sent up" fronr Corvallis
once before for the robbery of Mr.
Hodes gun store.
There are now two safes in Corval
lis which are not considered-"burglar
proof." The other is the somewhat
olX-'fashioned affair at T. E. Cauthorn's
store which was robbed some ten years
ago by the very simple process of a
steel punch and a hammer; by which
the thieves made a hole large enough
to put their hands in and take the
money, some $200,. out of the inner
tilL In this instance the operators
were never discovered, and Mr. C&n
thorn's safe to this day is only the
repository of books and papers, the
tell-tale tunnel through its side having
been patched over by one of our local
blacksmiths. These safes may be very
ose'ul in case of a fire, but time is
proving that "burglar proof" safes of
the ordinary pattern are- no obstacle at j
all to.obtaining the money stowed away
in them when- even, an ordinary cracks
man comes along with his little drill.
It is thought the operators in the affair
of Sunday uight will be hunted down
and brought to justice.
Wants to-Builb a Boat. C. A
Carey writes to the Statesman from
Corvallis that he and another gentle- !
man "would like to go Jnto s small
steamboat and run it between- Salem
and the head of navigation- on the
Willamette. We have had some ex
perience in steamboating on this river,"
writes Mr. Carey, "having run the
'Topsy' towing logs .for the last three
years. We thought of about a thirty
ton boat of light draught. We can
put the boat up- if we can get help to
buy the machinery. We thought per
haps the cannery company might take
hold of it, as it would' be a help- to
them. There would be lots of vegeta
bles raised along the river bottoms if
they could be shipped to Salem-, where
there is a market for them. We would
like to get some of the business -men
ot Salem interested in it" This prop
osition should-receive immediate atten
tion from-the people of Salem. This
is. the-, sort of boat Salem- has-, been
needing for a long time. It would be
a success, and induce the building: of
more of them as business demanded it.
Statesman. ' -
George A. Brodie was held up by two
masked' highwaymen, one day last
week, while- returning from Portland
to his home in Powell's valley.. The
d8ieradoes rifled his pockets and took
all of his loose change, which consist
el of just one nickel.
T. E. Cauthorn is i Salem.
: Carload of pearl oil. blue label)
$1.40 per can at Kline's.
Egan & Achison are selling mon
uinents at Portland pricesi tf.
New black dress goods .25, .50, .75,
$ J and $1.25 just received at Kline's,
If you waut a monument see Egan
& Achison, of Albany, before purchas
ing. ' tf.
Senator Crosno and Representative
Starr, of this county, spent Sunday at
their homes,
Mr. Ed. Dunn has accepted a posi
tion in the dry goods establishment of
S. L. Kline.
Linn county has remitted $14,225.15
to the state treasurer,, being the first
county to remit.
The Chinese New Year which" be
gan last Saturday, is passmg off with
unusual quietude.
. For bargains in monuments, head
stones, etc, go to Egan & Achison,
Albany, Oregon. tf.
The committee appointed by the leg
islature to examine public building were
in Corvallis Saturday.
Elder J. B. Hughes will deliver two
lectures in the Normal School chapel
at Monmouth this veek.
There will be a grand ball given on
Washington's birthday at the Yaquiua
hotel at Yaquina City on Feb;- 23rd.
The real estate market around Con
vallis is looking up. Several large
deals are reported pending negotiation,
Cameron Hemphill has retired from
the management of Job's Theatre, and
it will hereafter be conducted by Job
Bros.
The firm of Smith & Stettler, butch
ers, has been dissolved, Mr. Smith re
tiring.' Tho business will hereafter be
conducted by Mr. Stettler.
The Oregon Pacific railroad, compa
ny is paying off for the month of Oc
tober. C. C. Hogue went over the
line Wednesday to pay the employes.
To-morrow is Valentine's Day and
the postoflkes all over the country will
do a big business. The mails will be
utitized to express alike emotions of
love and of hatred.
Egan Achison handle tire cele
brated - Portland cement walls for
cemetery. lots. These walls can be
furnished at half the cost of any other
and are far superior. - tf.
W. S Williams, who was arrested
last week for obtaining money of Mr.
Harness, of this city, on several organs
belonging to Wiley B. Allen, waived
examination in the Portland police
court and was held in $1000 bonds.
J. W. Hanson, of Fairhaven, was in
Corvallis this week. He carries on an
extensive tailoring establishment at his
adopted-city and is one of the very few
who have left Corvallis recently and
found a more encouraging outlook else
where. -
The Santiam mines are no longer an
unknown quantity, says the Albany
Herald, The new machinery there is
converting the ore into bullion and the
district is now a scene of active mining
openiticms which promise satistactoiy
results.
Jack Dempsey, who recently met
with his second defeat . in the prize
ring, returned to his home in Portland
this week and met with-a hearty recep
tion. Jack has come to the conclusion
that he doesn't like pugilistisn as- a
business.
- .
.. Dr. H. A Jones, Veterinary Sur
geon of 23 years experience, from Ne
braska, can be found at Philomath
during this month. after which he will
locate in Corvallis Orders left at
Thos. Eglin's stable will be promptly
attended to. -
M. S.. Neugass- and family started
for San Francisco- last Saturday to re
main an indefinite time. Mose has
been troubled with rheumatism for
some time,- and he is in hopes "that
some of the California mineral springs
wilt straighten him out. .
Considerable counterfeit money is
said to be-in circulation at this . time.
The most dangerous is a counterfeit
five-dollar gold piece, but it may be
seen- upon examination' that the edges
are- slightly woi n and that it ha a
greasy feeling. It is dated 1889.
L. Samuels has - retired frt.m the
West Shore. The : Welcome says the
stockholders thought $400 ar month
more than he was worth. They neves
will get another rustler like Sa muels all
the same; With air the tails he has
done an immense sight for the Northwest
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS.
This department is in the hands of
Prof. P. H. Irish, who, after graduat
ing with an A. B., at Amherst, took
the degree of Ph. D. in the German
University at Goettingen.
The class in physics is divided into
two- sections, one composed of the
young ladies in the Domestic Economy
course and the other of sstudents in
the Agricultural and Mechanical
courses.
The Domestic Economy course is
Bomewhat briefer, than the other, as it
is only intended to- treat simply of
those, laws of matter which will be of
practical use to the young ladies tak
ing that course, while the other is
more extended and gives a general
idea of the subject of elementary
physics. Particular attention is given
to those subjects which the student of
mechanics or agriculture is liable to
meet with in after life. The impor
tance of this subject from an agricul
tural standpoint is, that a great many
problems which the farmer has to dal
with can be more umderstandingly
treated, if he has a knowledge of ele
mentary physics, since this treats of the
physics of the soil and the laws accord
ing to which machinery works.
At present home made apparatus
and such of the chemical apparatus
that can be employed, is used for illus
tration. "
By another year the department will
be better equipped, since $1000 has
been set aside by the Board of Regents
for' the purchase of physical apparatus.
A special feature in the study of
chemistry is the laboratory work. A
new and larger laboratory is being
fitted up for the use of the class. It
is the object of ihis department to give
the student the requisite amount of in
struction in the subjects treated in such
a manner that he will be able to work
up subjects for himself, to give him
scientific methods, to make hirp orig
inal in his work and to do away as far
as possible with the idea of learning
things parrot like. - By making the stu
dent depend on his own observation 1
all chance of mere repetition is exclud
ed', and at the same time his mind is
being so- trained tba be will be able
to take up problems- not laid down in
books and get facts for himeelE The
objections to whatr is sometimes-called
book learning are in this way iirrended
to be overcome. -
The study of Generaf Chemistry and
the Metalloids gives an Understanding
of the composition and relations of
elementary substances. The study of
Metallurgy includes talks on general
methods of reduction of the metals,
also work in the laboratory, from which
the student is expected to build up a
system of quantative analysis of his
own-.
A valuable help in this study is af
forded by the cabinet of ores contain
ing about 200 specimens. Any speci
mens of interest are g'adTy received by
the college.
The study of Chemistry of Common
Life deals with such subjects as the
name implies. The apparatus for stu
dents' work is good and sufficient for
the work.
A gas machine supplies heat for the
laboratory.
The station work- consists of experi
ments on the farm, examination-- of
mineral waters), analysis of soils and
grains and other work belonging to-this
departments
The financial necessity of dispens
ing with an assistant has to some ex
tent lessened the amount of both col
lege and station whork which might
have been carried on
An idea of the character of the Sta
tion work may be obtained from the
bulletins issued by the station. Bulle
tin. No, 4 gives the analysis .of fourteen
specimens-of wheat, and of clay sup
posed to be suitable for fire clay and
of rock thought to- possess properties
of cement. It also gives the methods-
of preparing aoil or water to be sent to
the station for analysis.
The work- in investigation of the
sugar- beet problem for the state was
carried out as ir as practicable last
year and preparations me biirg, made
to continue it this- current year. The
object being to determine the practi
cability of raising, beets for sugar" in
Oregoni There- is- no trouble about
raising the beets but the question is
whether they will contain- enough
sugar to wariT.nt . their cultivation for
that purpose; This-will be futher ex
plained and the results given in the
bulletins of the station.
. Dr. Koch's lymph is to be tried in Port
land's twe hospitals, -.
The following is gleaned from a let
ter written from Salem to a North Da
kota paper:
"From what I can- learn, from the
few months 1 lwve resided in Salem,
the Willamette valley knows fewer sud
den changes from heat to cold, or vice
versa, than any other locality in the
same latitude. For health and gen
eral usefulness it cannot be beaten.
One can see roses and numerous- flow
ers in bloom here while it is cold
enough to freeze a wooden Indian in
Dakota.
While Oregon, a a whole, possesses
qualities and attractions superior to
any other" western state, the Willam
ette valley stands out as-the "mirage of
Eden" of the state, and has no super
ior in productiveness on the Paciflc
coast. Salem is nicely situated on the
east bank of the Willamette river.
Steamers plow the blue wafers of the
river and carry on a transportation
business which is envied by the three
railroads running parallel with and on
each side of the river. Its woolen
mills, foundries, saw mills, planing
mills, factories and other industries
throw a garb of prosperity sround the
capital city of Oregon- which is envied
by not a few.
One can clean up as much money
here from ten acres of land as he can
back east from-two hundred acres, and
escape a large amount of worry and
hard work. Here one can take an-all-
the-year-'round gait on a ten acre lot of
growing orchard, and raise vegetables
enough to make a living on while his
orchard is growing to maturity. The
c inning institutions pay the cash,
for air cannable vegetables and small
fruits and all varieties of pickles.
This entirely does away with the old
time fact that a man could not afford
to plant an orchard and wait ten years
for returns.. The cultivation of small
fruit or vsgetabb.-s is also a benefit- to
the growing trees. -
To a man from away back- in desert
like Dakota, it looks as though " there
must be a .crew loose somewhere, or
there would not be a "clamor foi the
immigrant. The "Hsose screw" he sees
in the fact that the old Oregonians aie
nearly all southerners and have the
happy faculty of taking things easy.
Still some of these people are rich,
while tJie rest have made an easy liv
ing. Theie serms to be a disposition
among them to discourage eastern wo
ple from locating here, as the latter in
variably succeed; Some of them have
come here sad purchased the old orig
inal, orchards, cleaned She moss off
arid -scrubbed1 them m genuine "yan-k-ee"
fashion and made them valuable,
wesltrfr-producing property, some of the
orchards bearing, tons of exceljenj
fruit now.
Carpenters began yesterday to re
model Wilkins &i Bond's store for the
reception of the firm's- large stock of
clothing boots, and shoes,, which- is
now on the way here. -
News was received in this city le
the effect that Walter Scott,- formerly
of Corvallis, indulged in some pistol
practice at Moscow on tl)8 Gihv in
which a dentist named J. 11. McCallie.
was the target. The dentist was shot
twice-but the wounds are not serious.
Tlie grand" jury, which was iu session
at the time, exonerated Scott.
Services as usual at the Presbyterian
church; next Sabbath morning ai f
evening. Dr. Thompson gives li s
third lecture entitled ''How tlrer Church
ought to Dfcal with-the-Young,"" in the
evening. Morning topic, "The Hymn
of the Victors." Sunday school- at 10
a. m. Sorrg service at p.- ta A
welcome to all.
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